Depending on where you are – your kids have likely been in school for a month or two already. Have they missed any days during that time? How many? Is that even something you think about regularly? When they did miss – you probably did everything you needed to do to ensure that they stayed caught up, right? Unfortunately, there are kids out there who do not have that luxury and they are falling behind. A student who misses just two days of school each month — 18 days total in the year — is ...
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Peyton LOVES Legos. She will spend hours sitting at our kitchen table building a castle or car or even a horse stable. We are also a subscription box loving family. So when I heard there is a subscription box for lego lovers I had to get a look at it. Here's a little information on Brick Loot. Brick Loot is a box subscription company for LEGO and Brick fanatics! Our subscribers will receive a monthly box filled with unique, custom and never-before-seen items that work with LEGO bricks and ...
Christmas Love Letters From God
One of the things I am trying to teach Peyton is that the Holidays are not about getting presents. Yes, receiving presents is nice, it's fun. Parents love seeing our little ones facing light up on Christmas morning but presents are not what Christmas is about. Christmas is about the gift that God gave us, his son Jesus. God gave us a present. And somewhere along the way we turned that into children getting presents from Santa on Christmas morning. In Christmas Love Letters from God your ...
Night of Great Joy
Can you believe it's already October 1st? Christmas is going to be here before you know it. Night of Great Joy by Mary Engelbreit is a picture book that celebrates the holiday season. Perfect for babies and elementary children. The Night of Great Joy is about the night of Jesus's birth being told by children performing a play. Children love seeing other children in stories. Mary Engelbreit did a wonderful job with using illustrations to tell the story through the Christmas pageant being ...
S’Mores Brownies
Peyton and I really have a sweet tooth. And while I was out shopping the other day I came across this baking mix from Betty Crocker - Hershey's s'mores premium dessert bar mix. Of course, I just had to pick up a box and try it out. I was curious if this was really going to taste like a s'mores and how hard was it going to be to make. Turns out, it's fairly simple to make! There is a graham cracker crust. You do have to make that, but it's really simple. Just melted butter and the graham ...
Dear Target…Quit Being a Fun Sponge
Dear Target, I have been spending evenings and weekends with you since before I can remember. You're a hometown company. I'm a hometown girl. When I had a little one I indoctrinated her in the Target way of life. She's been going to Target since the day she was born. But Peyton isn't really fond of going to Target. She's 6 now and doesn't really fit into a cart. It's just not comfortable. She even started squawking about having to come on Target runs with me. I couldn't believe it! Instantly ...